The husband loves Greek food. At a party this past Summer my friend brought a Greek salad that he went gaga over. I think he wanted to kiss her. I finally got a chance to give it her recipe a try the other night when my sister-in-law and her family spent the night with us…
Month: January 2011
À La Peanut Butter Sandwich!!
In an effort to get and try some new places and explore unknown neighborhoods in the city I bought us à la card. À la card is deck of Chicago restaurant coupons. Every time I pull the deck out I think to myself “a la peanut butter sandwiches!”. Hey at least I don’t say it…
Sporkful of Snack Mix
My love of snack mix has finally paid off, well I besides culinary enjoyment. I was pleasantly surprised to hear my name mentioned on my favorite food podcast, The Sporkful. The episode was all about snack mix and they mentioned my Halloween snack mix that I Tweeted them about awhile back. The Sporkful, “It’s not…
Let It Snow!
The sun is shining, the sky is dropping big fat flakes of snow, no better time for a hot cocoa. Not that packaged stuff, the real thing. No marshmallows required with this hot cocoa, it is delicious. Classic Hot Cocoa 1/4 C. Cocoa Powder, unsweetened1/2 C. Sugardash of kosher salt Milk, warmed Combine dry ingredients…
Holiday Eats
A little bit late on this. We did have a great holiday break, though almost glad to get back into our normal routines! We had an eve of Christmas Eve celebration with my family. Traditional pierogi dinner was served with sautéed mushrooms. I made a batch of something new this year. I can’t stand mushrooms,…
11 in ’11
Time again that everyone is making resolutions for the new year. I did OK on my goals set last year. This year though I wanted specific action items to tackle. Some big, some small, some easy, some hard, some a bit more vague then the others, but they all work towards a better me. Here…